What to do when you get crappy news
So for the past 3 months I have been training for my first Triathalon on June 4th. This weekend I had a set back in the form of major pain in my left shoulder to the point I can barely lift my arm. ent to the doc and x-ays look fine so he believes I may have some rotator cuff damage, and is fairly certain that I will not be in a position to participate in my planned Triathalon(sprint distance 1/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3 mile run). Needless to say I was pretty pissed at this news.
Now the old me ould have given up on the hopesof ever beig able to accomplish the goal of finishing a triathalon. The new me, I learned today just looks for a bigger race. Until Iknow more about what Iam facing I don't want to set goals to soon incase I do require Physical Therapy. So I go find a race next year that will be worth the extra time and training and fall in line with some of my other goals. So what do I do? I decide to do a Half (70.3) Iron Man Triathalon in Augusta GA next year. Yep go big and make it worth the wait! what does this mean?
1.2 mile Swim
56 mile bike ride
13.1 mile run
If I am going to do something might as well go big!
Now the old me ould have given up on the hopesof ever beig able to accomplish the goal of finishing a triathalon. The new me, I learned today just looks for a bigger race. Until Iknow more about what Iam facing I don't want to set goals to soon incase I do require Physical Therapy. So I go find a race next year that will be worth the extra time and training and fall in line with some of my other goals. So what do I do? I decide to do a Half (70.3) Iron Man Triathalon in Augusta GA next year. Yep go big and make it worth the wait! what does this mean?
1.2 mile Swim
56 mile bike ride
13.1 mile run
If I am going to do something might as well go big!
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
Look at what you have accomplished already. Perhaps just long walks may be appropriate now. You couldn't even attempt that prior to your weight loss. If you set difficult goals, you may put yourself in a training mode or you may be setting yourself up for defeat. Grab success where you can. Deal with you current condition and enjoy where you are now in your post-op journey. Don't try to live in the future. Yeah, I know that has an old familiar ring.
If you have kids, go do activities with them. I'm sure you can do a lot of things now that you couldn't do before your weight loss.
Do the numbers involved in accomplishing the triatholon really mean that much to you? I say this as a still morbidly obese man who has a brother who is in super physical condition. He does half marathons and bicycles long distances. Even he got a little turned off by the cycling after he reached his goal of cycling across the USA. He's be the same man if he only rode his bike 20 miles a day and ran a mile or two on other days. I used to do that daily when I was in my late teens. He does it now because he likes it. Frankly, I'd be bored with that sort of routine.
You have the option now of stepping back from the situation and deciding what is best for you now. Don't fret. If you really want to pursue more exercise and challenges, go cross post on the exercise and fitness forum.
If you have kids, go do activities with them. I'm sure you can do a lot of things now that you couldn't do before your weight loss.
Do the numbers involved in accomplishing the triatholon really mean that much to you? I say this as a still morbidly obese man who has a brother who is in super physical condition. He does half marathons and bicycles long distances. Even he got a little turned off by the cycling after he reached his goal of cycling across the USA. He's be the same man if he only rode his bike 20 miles a day and ran a mile or two on other days. I used to do that daily when I was in my late teens. He does it now because he likes it. Frankly, I'd be bored with that sort of routine.
You have the option now of stepping back from the situation and deciding what is best for you now. Don't fret. If you really want to pursue more exercise and challenges, go cross post on the exercise and fitness forum.
Bob,
Believe me I am enjoying where I am in post-op wise. Prior to surgery I never considered doing many of the things I currently do much less thos I am planning for.
I don't live in the future, I live in the here and now but without goals for the future what is there to work towards? there isn't much motivation to get on a treadmill and slug out an hour if it really isn't going to help me accomplish a goal. Working towards the next 5K, 10K, Half Marathon or Triathalon makes getting up at 415am worth it when I cross a finish line knowing that 10 months ago I never would have crossed the starting line much less the finish line.
I do many activities with my kids, as my AVI shows my oldest son will even run an occasional 5K with me, his idea not mine. We do Tae Kwon Do together, both my sons outrank me. We are very active in Cub Scouts and this past month I enjoyed a wonderful weekend camping with our scout pack which had me running and and having fun with the scouts, while most parents sat and watched, and this summer we will be at camp for 4 days riding bicycles all around camp. My time at the gym allows me to do these things because I invest the time in my health and fitness.
When I decided to have my surgery I vowed that I would make the most of my life and be someone who I was proud to be and a father my sons were proud to have. I can tell you this past year has been a complete change in our family again make my efforts worth it.
You ask do the numbers in the Tri mean that much... well To answer your question to me they do. If they didn't everyone would be doing them. I am doing something that very few people actually do, doing something for the sense of accomplishment in my new life is huge. I do what I do because it means something to someone in my life. I know I will never be first or even close to first but I do know that I will never give up because that would be failing. Victory for me is in finishing for doing something I have never done, the only way I can fail is to believe I can't do something and therefore never try.
I personally don't see the point in going through the risks and hardships of these surgeries to not make the most of them.
As for stepping back and deciding what is best for me that has been done, and this was not a spur of the moment decision but something I have considered for a while now.
I do post on the Exercise and Fitness forum and probably more than any other forum because on there we are all about support and encouragement. On that forum we inspire eachother to do what at some point we believed impossible. I simply posted this on this forum because I have developed some friendships with people who are active here but are not on the exercise and fitness forum.
I'm sorry if my drive to do more and experience more is not inline with what some people want to hear or do. We each chose the path we want to live in our post-op lives and I take a great deal of pride in the path I have chosen.
Believe me I am enjoying where I am in post-op wise. Prior to surgery I never considered doing many of the things I currently do much less thos I am planning for.
I don't live in the future, I live in the here and now but without goals for the future what is there to work towards? there isn't much motivation to get on a treadmill and slug out an hour if it really isn't going to help me accomplish a goal. Working towards the next 5K, 10K, Half Marathon or Triathalon makes getting up at 415am worth it when I cross a finish line knowing that 10 months ago I never would have crossed the starting line much less the finish line.
I do many activities with my kids, as my AVI shows my oldest son will even run an occasional 5K with me, his idea not mine. We do Tae Kwon Do together, both my sons outrank me. We are very active in Cub Scouts and this past month I enjoyed a wonderful weekend camping with our scout pack which had me running and and having fun with the scouts, while most parents sat and watched, and this summer we will be at camp for 4 days riding bicycles all around camp. My time at the gym allows me to do these things because I invest the time in my health and fitness.
When I decided to have my surgery I vowed that I would make the most of my life and be someone who I was proud to be and a father my sons were proud to have. I can tell you this past year has been a complete change in our family again make my efforts worth it.
You ask do the numbers in the Tri mean that much... well To answer your question to me they do. If they didn't everyone would be doing them. I am doing something that very few people actually do, doing something for the sense of accomplishment in my new life is huge. I do what I do because it means something to someone in my life. I know I will never be first or even close to first but I do know that I will never give up because that would be failing. Victory for me is in finishing for doing something I have never done, the only way I can fail is to believe I can't do something and therefore never try.
I personally don't see the point in going through the risks and hardships of these surgeries to not make the most of them.
As for stepping back and deciding what is best for me that has been done, and this was not a spur of the moment decision but something I have considered for a while now.
I do post on the Exercise and Fitness forum and probably more than any other forum because on there we are all about support and encouragement. On that forum we inspire eachother to do what at some point we believed impossible. I simply posted this on this forum because I have developed some friendships with people who are active here but are not on the exercise and fitness forum.
I'm sorry if my drive to do more and experience more is not inline with what some people want to hear or do. We each chose the path we want to live in our post-op lives and I take a great deal of pride in the path I have chosen.
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
Love it!! The new you is a go-getter.
I have a minor rotator cuff problem. As long as I stretch my shoulders properly before swimming it does ok. Mainly I try not to let it get inflamed and then it doesn't hurt as bad when I swim.
Cut back on your swimming and see if it doesn't heal up a bit.
There is also a nerve right up in there that gets trapped sometimes, particularly when stressed and working out heavily..... there is an easy exercise to diagnose that - I can find it online if you are interested.
IRON MAN! Sweet. :) Good for you.
Holly
I have a minor rotator cuff problem. As long as I stretch my shoulders properly before swimming it does ok. Mainly I try not to let it get inflamed and then it doesn't hurt as bad when I swim.
Cut back on your swimming and see if it doesn't heal up a bit.
There is also a nerve right up in there that gets trapped sometimes, particularly when stressed and working out heavily..... there is an easy exercise to diagnose that - I can find it online if you are interested.
IRON MAN! Sweet. :) Good for you.
Holly
GW 180 SW 370ish CW 200 - Size 8 pants and M/L tops 1/4/12
Even if I never become half the athlete you are, I hope to have your optimism. 
www.sexyskinnybitch.wordpress.com - my journey to sexy skinny bitch status
11/16/12 - Got my Body by Sauceda - arms, Bl/BA, LBL, thigh lift.
HW 420/ SW 335 /CW 200 
85 lbs lost pre-op / 135 post op
~~~~Alison~~~~~
I don't exercise much because I have a lot of difficulty with it. I do encourage you to follow your dreams. You just sounded despondent when I first read your post.
I guess the women who are posting on the Men's Forum in response to your post were just responding to you showing up in their Friends section. No harm- no foul. It never bothered me but I know there have been men in the past who got miffed when women posted here. Considering the number of women in OH, it is rare indeed.
I guess the women who are posting on the Men's Forum in response to your post were just responding to you showing up in their Friends section. No harm- no foul. It never bothered me but I know there have been men in the past who got miffed when women posted here. Considering the number of women in OH, it is rare indeed.
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